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To: semimojo

You are living in a fantasy land. The last 20 years has seen the biggest wealth transfer in human history - from the US to China. Do you think the poor and middle class have done well in the US over the last two decades?

Free and fair trade are great. That is NOT what we have with China (or most other countries). What needs to stop is fear of Chinese retaliation. They have no ability to do so. They already impose tariffs of 500% (not a typo) on most US goods - even including US brands made in China!

We could impose a 100% tariff on Chinese goods and what - they would raise theirs to 1000%? They already strangle our exports to them - any additional tariffs on their part will have no net effect. We hold all the cards here and we do not have to allow ourselves to be continually abused by China.


27 posted on 01/28/2018 7:58:02 PM PST by TheTimeOfMan (A time for peace and a time for war)
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To: TheTimeOfMan
They already impose tariffs of 500% (not a typo) on most US goods - even including US brands made in China!

Nonsense.

The WTO says the Chinese import tax is less than 10% on agricultural products and 5% on non-agricultural products.

You need to be careful about where you're getting your information.

30 posted on 01/28/2018 8:09:57 PM PST by semimojo
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